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Your own slice of Italian Riviera: a remote stay in Liguriahttps://www.theguardian.com/travel/2016/jun/25/liguria-genoa-italy-riviera-san-fruttuoso-camogli
<p>At a cute fisherman’s cottage in 1,500-year-old San Fruttuoso village our writer has a secluded bay amid romantic Romanesque splendour almost to herself<br>• <strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/membership/2016/jun/20/win-a-stay-in-a-grade-ii-listed-landmark-trust-building?CMP=share_btn_tw">Win a stay at a Grade II-listed Landmark Trust building</a></strong></p><p>It’s dusk. The bay is empty and silent and the bell tower is black against the navy sky. We’re following a shadowy path around the monastery: up steps, down steps, up some more steps (Liguria has more steps than an Escher drawing), when there’s a comically loud snort and the rustling of something large in the undergrowth. Ahead, a stripy piglet trots faster, swerves and gallops up the bank towards its mother’s summoning grunts. I can’t imagine Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton running into wild boars when they holidayed on the Italian Riviera – but then again, maybe they never visited San Fruttuoso.</p><p>This picturebook-romantic Romanesque monastery with a handful of houses attached is tucked between the faded pinks and yellows of laid-back seaside resort Camogli and chi chi Portofino, with its superyachts and Dior boutiques selling €1,000 sandals. There’s a strip of pebbly beach bookended by trattorias – La Giovanni one side and Giorgio the other – a few fishing boats and a population of 25 people (only four year round).</p><p>I can’t imagine Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton running into wild boars when they holidayed on the Italian Riviera</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2016/jun/25/liguria-genoa-italy-riviera-san-fruttuoso-camogli">Continue reading...</a>Italy holidaysBeach holidaysGenoa holidaysTravelEurope holidaysHotelsRestaurantsSat, 25 Jun 2016 09:00:10 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2016/jun/25/liguria-genoa-italy-riviera-san-fruttuoso-camogliPhotograph: Giorgio Majno/GIORGIO MAJNO/Landmark TrustPhotograph: Giorgio Majno/GIORGIO MAJNO/Landmark TrustLiese Spencer2016-06-25T09:00:10ZReader's tips ... Italy on the cheaphttps://www.theguardian.com/travel/2009/aug/01/readers-tips-italy-budget-travel
<p>The best pizza restaurant in Rome. It looks nothing from the outside, but you get a real taste for Italian food at its finest. It's totally Italian, no English on the menu. See what others are ordering, then point and say you'd like the same - the staff are friendly so don't feel embarrassed. It's tiny, full of character and, if you're lucky, a cello player will sing and play to you. One of the best moments in Rome I have ever had. <br>• 0039 06 5880516, <a href="http://www.darpoeta.com">darpoeta.com</a><br><strong>CherryRed</strong></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2009/aug/01/readers-tips-italy-budget-travel">Continue reading...</a>Italy holidaysBudget travelRome holidaysAmalfi coast holidaysPisa holidaysSelf-cateringTuscany holidaysGenoa holidaysHotelsTravelFri, 31 Jul 2009 23:01:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2009/aug/01/readers-tips-italy-budget-travelGuardian Staff2009-07-31T23:01:00Z